Soap-dish or sponge-holder.



No. 64l,893. Patented Ian. 23, 1900.

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SOAP DISH 0R SPONGE HOLDER.

(Apylication filed July 30, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM MAYNE ROBERTS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SOAP-DISH OR SPONGE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,893, dated January23, 1900. Application filed July 30, 1898. Serial No. 687,293. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MAYNE Ron- ERTS, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSoap-Dishes or Sponge-Holders, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention applies more specifically to a soap-dish or sponge-holderfor use in connection with bath-tubs; and the object is to provide adevice which may be attached anywhere to the sides of the bath-tub tobring it within convenient reach of the bather, there by overcoming theinconvenience experienced with the soap-holders commonly provided as afixture at the end of the bath-tub, where the bather cannot reach itwhile in the tub.

To this end the invention consists in a pcculiar and novel constructionof an attachment and in its combination with the soap dish or holder,all as more fully hereinafter described, and shown in the drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved soap-dish orsponge-holder. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the bracket, andFig. 3 is a side elevation showing a modification.

A is a receiver which may be of any suitable construction as used fordiiferent articles of toilet, the drawings showing an ordinary form ofrectangular soap-dish provided with suitable means for drainage in thebottom thereof.

The reference-letter O designates a bracket for the receiver adapted tosupport the latter from the vertical walls of the bath-tub. lhe bracketcomprises a horizontal portion 0, and D are pivotal connections betweenthe bracket and the soap-dish, said connections being located in rear ofthe center of gravity of said dish.

Upon the bracket and preferably integral therewith is a lip or ledge E,which constitutes a stop acting to hold the soap-dish in position freeto rotate upward on its pivots, and F are vacuum-tips arranged upon therear side and secured to the opposite ends of the horizontal portion 0of the bracket. G is a downward and rearward extension on said bracket,as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

which terminates at its lower end in a rest H, which forms an abutmentagainst the walls of the bath-tub and cooperates with the vacuum tips inthe support of the receiver. In practice, the parts being constructedand arranged as shown and described, the device is intended to operateas follows: By pressing the vacuum-tips against the inner wall of abath-tub, so as to expel the air, they will remain adhering thereto, andthereby form the means of supporting the soap-dish in any desired placewithin the bath-tub in proper and convenient position to the bather inthe tub and without interfering by its presence with the convenient useof the tub, as the soapdish is free to tilt upon its pivots and foldclosely against the wall if it should come in contact with any part ofthe body, proper care being taken to avoid all sharp corners or edges inthe construction of the device.

My construction overcomes the inconvenience of the soap-dish orsponge-holder usually supplied as a fixture at the foot of the.

tub, and it has the advantages over any other form of portable holderthat it can be fastened anywhere and drain directly into the tub.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the receiver is hinged to thebracket. It is to be observed, however, that while the pivoting orhinging of the receiver to the bracket has obvious advantages myinvention is not limited to such construction, but includes, broadly,any mode of fastening to a bracket of the kind referred to.

What I claim as my invention is- In a soap-dish or like receptacle, the00111- bination of a receptacle, a sheet-metal bracket for thereceptacle, ears on the bracket to which the receptacle is pivotallysecured near its inner end, an overhanging portion on the bracket tolimit the swinging of the rear end of the receptacle inan upwarddirection, suction-tips on the rear of the bracket, and an extension orrest on the bracket projecting downwardly to a plane below thereceptacle and rearwardly to substantially the plane of thesuction-tips, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM MAYNE ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, P. M. HULBERT.

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